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It seems the article almost wants us to feel sorry for Facebook. Facebook are really the Oracle of the "social" tech companies. They are not even pretending to
by rdtsc 8y ago
It seems the article almost wants us to feel sorry for Facebook.
Facebook are really the Oracle of the "social" tech companies. They are not even pretending to be good or follow rules. As long as cash / clicks / impressions keep coming in nothing is off the table.
Google is struggling with its positive PR image, every time they fall short they are judged by the "Don't be evil" motto and everything it entailed. Facebook doesn't have to worry about such details and it's easier for them in a way. Their shares are going up as we saw recently, CA scandal didn't do much damage, everything is great.
> “We designed our Enterprise Developer Program solely for the internal distribution of apps within an organisation.
Watch them pivot to "these researchers are part of the Facebook family, so their network device are considered part of the internal network's edge, we did nothing wrong".
- wlesieutre 8y agoThis is where regulation eventually has to come in, IMO. People like to talk about how the market will solve problems, but per today's posts about Facebook racking up thousands of dollars of credit card charges from 5 year olds and their positive earnings results, the market looks at these kind of things and says "Yep, this is great for our bottom line." Facebook isn't going to fix itself.
- archagon 8y agoYeah, corporate titans punishing each other when the government won’t do anything is a clear path to dystopia.
- AtlasBarfed 8y agoUber is worse, but they aren't a FAANG member